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Farrell Fritz, P.C.

Virus To Economic Shutdown To Bankruptcy? Not Necessarily, But Be Prepared

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Bankruptcy Resurgent? The economic shutdown, and the ensuing recession, triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic have jeopardized the survival of many businesses and, in some cases, of entire industries. Notwithstanding the...more

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Resurgence of Bifurcation Approach to Priority of Straddle Year Taxes in Bankruptcy

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A basic tenet of bankruptcy law, premised on the legal separateness of a debtor prior to filing for bankruptcy and the estate created upon a bankruptcy filing, is that prepetition debts are generally treated differently than...more

Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP

Client Alert: Vendor Section 503(b)(9) Administrative Priority Claims: When Goods are Received is Critical

Debtors in Chapter 11 proceedings rarely pay unsecured creditors a meaningful dividend on prepetition accounts receivable balances, much less pay them in full. In an era of aggressive lending to place capital in the market,...more

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Recent Case Law Developments Impact Claims of Unpaid Suppliers for Goods Delivered Immediately Prior to Customer Bankruptcy

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Section 503(b)(9) of the Bankruptcy Code (11 U.S.C. §503(b)(9)) provides a special administrative priority claim for someone that supplies goods to a debtor in the 20 day period before the bankruptcy filing, but is unpaid as...more

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Telecom Bankruptcies: Swimming Against A Tidal Wave

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“The news from the telecom industry will remain unrelentingly negative until a cyclical upturn is in sight possibly not until 2003. In the interim the telecommunications sector will be entering a build-buy or be bought phase...more

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Shedding Light on Whether Electricity is a "Good:" In re Southern Montana Electric Generation and Transmission Cooperative, Inc.

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The question of whether electricity qualifies as a "good" under the Bankruptcy Code's administrative priority provisions has sparked varied rulings from bankruptcy courts. The recent case of In re Southern Montana Electric...more

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